India vs England Fourth Test-
England were bowled out for 205 in the first innings of the fourth Test being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. By the end of the first day of the match, the Indian team has scored 24 runs after losing 1 wicket in the first innings. The team still lags behind by 181 runs. At the moment, Rohit Sharma is 8 not out and Cheteshwar Pujara is 15 not out. Indian spinners took 8 wickets out of 10 from England. In this way, once again the Ahmedabad pitch prove to be helpful for the spinners.
Team India started very poorly-
Team India had a very poor start in the first innings. Opener Shubman Gill was unsuccessful in the 5th consecutive innings. On the third ball of the first over of the innings, Shubman returned to the pavilion without opening the account. James Anderson LBW him.
Team India ahead 2-1 in the series –
In the 4-Test series against England, the Indian team is ahead 2–1. The first Test was won by England by 227 runs. After this, Team India took the lead by winning the second Test by 317 runs and the third match by 10 wickets.
Akshar took 4 and Ashwin took 3 wickets –
For England, Ben Stokes scored 55, Dan Lawrence 46, Ollie Pope 29 and Johnny Bairstow scored 28 runs. Akshar Patel took 4 wickets. Apart from him, Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 and Mohammad Siraj took 2 wickets.
Akshar dismissed Jack Crawley, Dom Sibley, Dan Lawrence and Dom Bess. Siraj sent Bairstow and Joe Root to the pavilion. At the same time, Ashwin dismissed Ollie Pope, Ben Fox and Jack Leach. Washington Sundar got one wicket. He LBWed Ben Stokes. Stokes marked the 24th fifty of his Test career.
Stokes’s debate with Siraj and Kohli –
In the 13th over of England’s innings, there was a fight between bowler Siraj and batsman Ben Stokes on strike. Stokes looked at Siraj while saying something. After the over was over, Stokes reach out to Indian captain Virat Kohli and started saying something. There was a debate between the two. After that the field umpire came and pacified them both.
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England’s poor start, losing 3 wickets for 30 runs
England initially took 10 wickets in 5 overs without a wicket. From here on, Virat Kohli gave the sixth over spinner Akshar Patel. He proved Kohli’s decision correct and bowled opener Dom Sibli cleanly on the second ball of the over. Sibley could score only 2 runs. In his next over, Akshar got Jack Crowley (9) caught by Mohammed Siraj.
Three partnerships led England to a score of 205 –
The third blow was given by Mohammad Siraj for 30 runs. He sent English captain Joe Root to the pavilion. After this, Johnny Bairstow and Ben Stokes shared the innings with a partnership of 48 runs. After Bairstow, Stokes added 43 runs for the 5th wicket with Olly Pope. Stokes returned to the pavilion here. Then Pope shared a 45-run partnership for the sixth wicket with Dam Lawrence. There was no major partnership from here and the English innings was reduce.
One change in the Indian team and 2 changes in the England team –
There was a change in the playing-11 of the Indian team. Mohammad Siraj has got the chance to replace Jasprit Bumrah. England captain Joe Root has made two changes to the playing XI. He excluded Pacer Joffra Archer and Stuart Broad. He was replace by Dom Bess and Dan Lawrence.
Virat equals Dhoni’s record –
Virat Kohli equaled Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record of captaincy in most 60 Tests. Kohli has won Team India in 35 of 59 Tests so far. With this Test victory, he will be equaling former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd’s record for winning the Test. He would come in at number four with Lloyd in this case.
Toss Update:
England have won the toss & elected to bat against #TeamIndia in the 4⃣th @Paytm #INDvENG Test in Ahmedabad.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) March 4, 2021
Anderson equals McGrath’s record –
James Anderson has equaled former Australian pacer Glenn McGrath for the highest number of dismissals at 104. He is follow by Australian spinner Shane Warne and Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan at number two. Both sent 102 players to the pavilion without opening an account. Apart from these, no bowler could touch the figure of 100. South African bowler Dan Stein is at number three with 83 poaching.
India needs to win or draw a match for the Test Championship final –
This match is very important for the Indian team in terms of ICC Test Championship. For the final, India must win or draw this match. New Zealand has already reached the finals. England team dropped out. If Team India loses the last Test, then Australia will qualify for the final on the basis of points. Also, this series will also be drawn 2-2.
Along with this, Team India also has the chance to become the most successful team in the ICC World Test Championship. India has so far won 11 out of 16 matches in 6 Test series and lost 4. At the same time, England has won 11 out of 20 and lost 6.
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